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Tales from Gold Mountain : stories of the Chinese in the New World / by Paul Yee ; paintings by Simon Ng.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Tehon Collection PZ7.Y365 Tal 1989
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Yee, Paul.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese Americans--Juvenile fiction.
- Chinese Americans.
- Children's stories, Canadian.
- Chinese Americans--Fiction.
- Short stories.
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Juvenile works.
- Short stories.
- Penn Provenance:
- Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)
- Tehon, Susan (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 64 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
- Edition:
- [First American edition].
- Manufacture:
- Hong Kong : Printed and bound by Everbest Printing Co. Ltd.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Macmillan Publishing Company, [©1989]
- Summary:
- A collection of eight stories reflecting the gritty optimism of the Chinese who overcame prejudice and adversity to build a unique place for themselves in North America.
- Contents:
- Spirits of the railway
- Sons and daughters
- The friends of Kwan Ming
- Ginger for the heart
- Gambler's eyes
- Forbidden fruit
- Rider Chan and the night river
- The revenge of the iron Chink.
- Notes:
- Originally published by Groundwood Books, Toronto, Canada.
- "Design by Michael Solomon. Set in Berthold Caslon Book by Canadian Composition."--T.p. verso.
- Local Notes:
- Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.
- Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
- ISBN:
- 002793621X
- 9780027936216
- OCLC:
- 20015426
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